Private Lives In Public: 6 Short Stories By Indian Women (1932-2014)
Reading about the early decades of Indian contemporary literature revealed to me that the short story form of creative writing gained traction among women writers … Read more
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Swimmer Among the Stars: Richly-Told Tales on Understanding & Secrets
The 13 stories in Swimmer Among the Stars (Farrar, Straus and Giroux), Kanishk Tharoor’s first book, speak of the always present and persistent attempt to … Read more
Review: Waves Of Identity In Stories From Sharbari Ahmed’s The Ocean of Mrs. Nagai
True to the aesthetic of the short story form, The Ocean of Mrs. Nagai: Stories is a collection of carefully crafted slice-of-life moments, which to … Read more
Fragments of An Unknown Bangladesh in Fragments of Riversong
Short stories fascinate me. The art of weaving a tale in limited words and allowing readers to gain understanding of a topic or theme in … Read more
Book Review: The Blind Writer Offers Glimpses of Indian-American Dysfunction
As a short story writer myself, I was thrilled at the opportunity to review a short story collection, and one which focuses on the Indian … Read more
